 RS05
force aérienne belge | 070676 first flight / ex G-BDNL/G-17-5 / 020776 handed over / crew on delivery : LtCdr.P.Pitt (Royal Navy), Cdt.J.S\'Jegers, Olt.E.Vaneecke, 1SM.W.Vereecke / 030595 handed over to 40Sqn after Midlife Update by SABCA (first modernised aircraft) / 090499 inflight fire on the returnflight to Koksijde after a paradrop at Schaffen (Diest) after a problem with the AC-generator. An emergency landing was made in a field near the Old Mill of Oordegem near Lede. The fire department which was alerted managed to put out the fire quickly and the helicopter could continue its flight to Koksijde. /
000601 f/n scs 25 Years Sea King / 130902 l/n 40Sm (scs) / under maintenance at Sabca / 220304 arrived at Koksijde after 17month at Sabca for upgrade / 050504 first flight after return to Koksijde / 180504 emergency landing at Valkenburg NAS (The Netherlands) after problems with the the hydraulic system of the rotorblades / 141004 l/n 40Sm (scs)  |